Role in IT decision-making process:Align Business & IT GoalsCreate IT StrategyDetermine IT NeedsManage Vendor RelationshipsEvaluate/Specify Brands or VendorsOther RoleAuthorize PurchasesNot Involved

Work Phone:

Company:

Company Size:

Industry:

Street Address

City:

Zip/postal code

State/Province:

Country:

Occasionally, we send subscribers special offers from select partners. Would you like to receive these special partner offers via e-mail?YesNo

Your registration with Eweek will include the following free email newsletter(s):News & Views

By submitting your wireless number, you agree that eWEEK, its related properties, and vendor partners providing content you view may contact you using contact center technology. Your consent is not required to view content or use site features.

By clicking on the "Register" button below, I agree that I have carefully read the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy and I agree to be legally bound by all such terms.

Riding the 3G In Europe

OK, I'm old enough to remember when business travel always involved some adept tech juggling as you tried to get an email connection. I mean sufficiently old to remember acoustic couplers stuffed, taped to odd shaped phones and stuffed between a couple of pillows. More recently, getting a connection has involved juggling sim cards and figuring out how to establish wifi connections that didn't drain the bank account dry.

This time around on my trip to Europe and the CeBIT fair, I opted for a 3G phone and 3G wireless card supplied by AT&T. After a big of debugging mostly involving making sure that wifi nets were disabled while using the wireless card, I can report a lot of success. The connection steps up to 3G when that network is available and steps down to 2G when I hit some more remote areas.

The need as I've always seen it, is for a phone and an Internet connection that just works wherever you are without hassle and without excessive charges. The AT&T network, at least in Europe, comes close to that ideal.

By submitting your information, you agree that eweek.com may send you eWEEK offers via email, phone and text message, as well as email offers about other products and services that eWEEK believes may be of interest to you. eWEEK will process your information in accordance with the Quinstreet Privacy Policy.

We ran into a problem

We already have your email address on file. Please use the "Forgot your password?" link to create a password, validate your email and login.